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H. G. T. GLAZBBROOK. WAGONRA'GK'. No. 355,262. n Patented. Deo. 28, 1886.

Efjnubnhrv @@Jym UNTTED STATES PATENT Ormes;

HENRY G. T. GLAZEBROOK, WOODHOUSE, ONTARIO, CANADA.

WAGON-RACK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent Nofseazez, dated December 28, 1886. y

Application filed July S, 1886. Serial No. 207,522.

T0 all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY G. T. GLAZE- BROOK, of the township of Woodhouse, in the county of Norfolk, in the Province of Ontario, Dominion of Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wagon- Racks; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

The invention relates, first, to avery simple, handy, and convenient rack of a peculiar construction which can easily and quickly be placed on a common wagon-box, and becomes a combined wagon-box and hay-rack; second,

it can also be adapted and applied, with aslight alteration, to the box of a common single or double democrat wagon and a framework of hoops, Ste., attached to the rack and covered with the usual canvas, oil-cloth, or kindred substance, so as to form a covered van.

The invention consists of an ordinary wagonboX constructed with two-inch-plank sides and ends one foot high and one-and-one-fourthinch-board iioor, and a rack-frame made of six-4 inch boards provided with flat iron brackets bolted to the underside of the pieces forming the frame. The said brackets are provided with square hooks, which rest on the sides of the box and serve to support the frame firmly thereon. Then the said rack is fitted on the box, it becomes a useful and convenient combined wagon-box and hay-rack. l

In adapting it to a democrat wagon the rack is made a little shorter in front, the front end pieces removed a little farther back and serve as a drivers seat, and a light frame of hoops or the equivalent fastened to the said rack and covered with cloth, canvas, oil-cloth, 0r

-kindred substance for protection from sun and rain, &c. y

By reference to the drawings it will be seen that Figure 1, Sheet 1, is an end-elevation of my combined wagon-box and hay-rack. Fig.V 2 is a plan' view. Fig.4 3' is a side elevation. Fig. A is a perspective View of one of the brackets detached. Fig. 5, Sheet 2, -is afront end elevation of the device with covered top (X0 model.) Patented in Calzada September 22, 1883, No. 17,726.

Y attached for a democrat. Fig. 6 is a side ele-I vation of the same.

A, Fig. I, Sheet l, represents a section of an ordinary wagon-box with the sides and ends formed of two-inch plank and the bottom of one and one-fourth-inch boards. The box will be about twelve feet eight inches inside, one

`foot high, and about three feet four inches wide.

B B are the side pieces of the rack-frame, say about fifteen feet eight inchesy long, and C C the front and rear end pieces, aboutsix feet four inches, making that the width of the outer portion of the frame. These pieces may be of pine, oak, or other wood and bolted at a a a a, &c. A series of dat iron brackets, D, are bent at right angles, say about one and one-half inch wide and one-half an inch thick,

one foot six inches long, and one foot siXinches high. Each bracket is provided with a squareshaped hook, E, about twelve inches from the bottom and six inches from the top. The brackets' are bolted to the under side of the frame B C at regular intervals `apart by bolts b l), secured by nuts. Every bracket is strengthened by a brace, F, made of one-halfinclu round iron and riveted to the bottom part of the bracket, and secured to the upper part by an eyebolt passing throughit, (the bracket and rack-board,) as shown at Figs. land 3. The outer row of said eyebolts b have each a small hook, c, hanging at its end for convenience in attaching a rope for any required purose. P d, &c., are the holes drilled in the bracket for the bolts to pass through.

Gis an oak cleat under the center of the box, secured at each end by a bolt and nut, ef, respectively, to t-he bottom of the wagon-box. The bolts e e are flattened above the bottom of the box, and are made to pass up to and bend over the top of the sides to firmly secure the sides and bottom of the said wagonboX.y

In placing the rack on a Wagon, it is lifted up on the box until the square-shaped hooks E of the brackets D hang upon the top edge of the box, the vertical portion of the bracket pressing on the outside of the box and the vertical portion of the -said hook E pressing on the inside and holding the rack rinlyin its IOO . round top frame, H, fastened to the side pieces and covered with cloth, canvas, or oil-cloth I, as shown at Figs. 5 and 6, Sheet 2.

Having thus described my device, what I claim as my invention is 1. The combination, with a Wagon-box, of a series of brackets, D, constructed with a shoulder, E, and provided with braces F, the same attached to a frame for aWagon-box rack, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. In a wagon-rack, the combination of the frame-pieces B B C C, and brackets D, all being constructed and arranged substantially as and for the purpose specified.

3. In a wagon-rack, the combination of the frame piecesB B C C, brackets D, box A, and

hooks c, substantially as and for the purpose specified. i

4. In a wagon-rack, the combination of the framepieces B B C C, brackets D, box A, frame H, and top I, all constructed and arranged substantially as and for the purpose specified.

Dated-at Simcoe this 9th day of June, A. D.

H. G. T. GLAzEBRooK.

In presence of- J. H. ANsLEY, G. E. JACKSON. 

